I'm only a camera --You point me at the blazing outside lightFrom the dark inside and expect...No. No. I won't do it!I've made my decision.I'm not a human eye.You can't have both.I can't "think" that inside/outside trick.So I'm giving you a dingy inside.So there.Who does she think she is, anyway?!

He was arrogant and condescending before he became the representative to the world of the President of the United States. But he is - in the office he holds - now a name-caller and condescending bastard.

What should be is a TV channel, amongst the hundreds now on satelite or cable, focusing on Buckley.

Within one year of today, July 28, 2011, I need but all copyrighted output of and about Buckley, specifically video, to advance conservatism as best can be. You need no more than I.

Who, but who, could temporarily prevent us, with the law, from advancing conservatism with a spirit worthy of such, um, ahhhhhh... comments??? as are below, from people you know?

"George Will provided this genealogy in 1980 shortly after Ronald Reagan's landslide presidential victory: "And before there was Ronald Reagan, there was Barry Goldwater, and before there was Barry Goldwater, there was National Review, and before there was National Review, there was Bill Buckley with a spark in his mind, and the spark in 1980 became a conflagration." Lee Edwards

"When I am asked how important Bill Buckley was to the conservative movement, I can think of only one reply: Would there be the earth without the sun?" Lee Edwards

Lee Edwards is distinguished fellow in conservative thought at The Heritage Foundation and chairman of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation.

"Bill Buckley was always an eloquent and cheerful combatant in the battle of ideas, and he was never more eloquent or effective than when he defended American ideals, in the decisive years of the cold war."

"There was, Bill Buckley said, a single conclusive factor that protected America from Soviet aggression in the 1980's. That factor was the character of Ronald Reagan." Dick Cheney

Something about calling this the copse cafe bothers me. Sure, I had to look up copse and it seems appropriate but there is also a reclining human in the picture who it is safe to assume is alive and well.

Obama would have thought the TOTUS was wrong and would have read it as 'corpse.'

I can't "think" that inside/outside trick.So I'm giving you a dingy inside.So there.Who does she think she is, anyway?!

She thinks she's the owner and operator of a Panasonic DMC-ZS7, and a Nikon D50 with a panoply of kick-ass lenses, both cameras with high dynamic range capability. In the case of Nikon, three photos of the same shot are produced with varying apertures and then blended. In the case of the Panasonic, it actually does do the eye trick by adjusting aperture for the inside shot without blowing out the high-lighted areas on the camera's sensors.

This photo is by the Panasonic. The user manual lists an impressive selection of scene modes.

* portrait (improves skin tone of subjects for a healthier appearance in bright daylight conditions)*soft skin (smoothes skin colors in bright outdoor daylight conditions chest upwards)*transform (changes te appearance of the subject by stretching the length or widthself portrait *scenery (clear pictures of wide distant subjects)*panorama assist (with supplied software join multiple pictures into a single panorama picture)*sports (pictures of scenes with fast movement )*night portrait (people and nightscapes with close to actual brightness*night scenery (takes clear pictures of night scenes*food (takes natural-looking pictures of food)*party (brighten subjects and background in pictues of indoor events like weddings)*candle light *baby (weak false to bring out skin colors)*pet (records pet's age and and name when taking pictures*sunset *high sense (prevents blurring of subject in dark indoor conditions)*high-speed burst (rapid movement or decisive moment)flash brush (enables continuous recording in dim locations)*starry sky (takes clear pictures of starry skies or dark subjects)*fireworks*beach (brings out clear blues of the sky and the sea without darkening subjects*snow (brings out th unnatural color of snow in ski slope and mountain scenes)*aerial photo (from aircraft window)*pin hole (darkens te area around the scene for a retro effect)*film grain (black and white retro)*high dynamic (reduces over and underexposure when recording into the the light and in night scenes)*photo frame*underwater

Something about calling this the copse cafe bothers me. Sure, I had to look up copse and it seems appropriate but there is also a reclining human in the picture who it is safe to assume is alive and well.

Obama would have thought the TOTUS was wrong and would have read it as 'corpse.'

He wouldn't, only because there'd be no insult to the military that way.

Another horrible, derivitive, Wisconsin "space.". Not hip. Not cool. Very uncomfortable. Do people go there and think about architecure and the utter bleakness of their lives or do they pretend they are actors in a Bergman film?

A nice morning for surfing while reading the papers and drinking coffee on chairs that won't let me sit too long. Of interest so far, besides Althouse, is the conservative FrumForum where he "Fisks" the WJS editorial on the debt-ceiling crisis, and then gives a positive view of Huntsman.Now on to check the market to see how much my gambling is costing today.